King Charles III England Coast Path: Easington to Filey Brigg
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access - including maps, process and timing - in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Stage of progress
Stage 5: Open to the public
The 62.84 mile (101.14 km) stretch of the coast path from Easington to Filey Brigg is now open to the public.
Coastal access rights came into force along this stretch of coast on 18 August 2025 and 10 May 2023 by order of the Secretary of State.
The route is available to view on the National Trails website.
Information about the route
If you are planning a walk on the King Charles III England Coast Path (KCIIIECP), check our interactive access maps for details of local access restrictions and coast path diversions which may apply at certain times.
Coastal access rights normally apply to all land that is coastal margin - including any land seaward of the route - unless it falls into a category of excepted land or if an access restriction applies to the land.
The maps in Natural England’s original proposals to the Secretary of State are still available to view. They show the route of the KCIIIECP along this stretch of coast as it was proposed at that time. They also show the adjoining land that is coastal margin.
Any variation needed after a stretch has been proposed, approved or opened is achieved through rollback or a modification or variation report that you can comment on. Modification and variation reports are published on GOV.UK and details will be added to this page.
Variation reports on approved sections
Sometimes it’s necessary to change sections of an approved route. The proposed changes are published as variation reports. Anyone can comment (make a representation) on these proposals. Affected landowners and occupiers can make an objection.
Changes to the approved route between East Hill and Cowden Parva (VR19)
On 17 November 2025, the Secretary of State announced their decision to approve the variation report setting out proposals to change the approved route between East Hill and Cowden Parva (VR19).
The land to the north of the approved trail alignment at this point is the Cowden Former Air Weapons Range (FAWR). The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has requested that the path on the southern FAWR boundary edge be moved, due to operational land management requirements.
The route proposed in this report initially follows the southern boundary of the residential property at East Hill, before joining the existing byway and then a public bridleway to the B1242. The trail then turns northward and follows the field margin, with the existing hedgerow separating it from the road. At the northern end of the field, it joins the access road to Cowden FAWR and re-joins the original approved route.
The period for making representations and objections about the report closed at midnight on Thursday 8 February 2024. The report is still available to view.
Use the link that follows for guidance on your rights and responsibilities if the KCIIIECP passes through your land.
Find out more about the England Coast Path
See information about all stretches in preparation around England’s coast.
The coastal access scheme gives details of the process being followed to improve access to the coast.
If you need to contact the authority managing this stretch of the coast path, use the contact forms on the National Trails website contact us page.
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the north east of England.
Updates to this page
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Page has been updated with information about the approval of the variation report for East Hill to Cowden Parva (VR19).
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Page updated to show this stretch is now open to the public.
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Page updated to show the opportunity to comment on the East Hill to Cowden Parva variation report (VR19) has ended.
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We've added information about variation report VR19, between East Hill and Cowden Parva.
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Page updated to show the Bridlington (Wilsthorpe) to Filey Brigg section of this stretch is now open to the public.
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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 5.
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Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready.
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Date new access expected to be ready changed from 2019 to 2020.
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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 4.
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First published.